MILLICOM LAUNCHES 3G SERVICES ACROSS LATIN AMERICA


MILLICOM LAUNCHES 3G SERVICES ACROSS LATIN AMERICA

New York and Stockholm - 29 August 2008 - Millicom International Cellular S.A.
(Nasdaq Stock Market: MICC and Stockholmsbörsen: MIC), the global
telecommunications company, today announces that it has launched 3G services in
Guatemala, Honduras and Bolivia.   The launches in Paraguay, El Salvador and
Colombia will follow today, on 2nd September 2008 and before the end of this
year respectively, completing the roll-out of 3G across all six of its markets
in Latin America.  Millicom is providing the full portfolio of 3G services
including high speed mobile broadband, internet access for mobile customers via
laptop, TV on mobile handsets, music and video downloads and video calling.

Marc Beuls, President and CEO of Millicom commented; "The launch of 3G services
in Latin America is the first step in the process of meeting the needs of our
higher ARPU customers for broadband services. Broadband is expected to be a
significant growth segment in these markets and one which we expect will be an
important driver to our businesses going forward.” 

CONTACTS

Marc Beuls
President and Chief Executive Officer
Millicom International Cellular S.A., Luxembourg
Telephone:  +352 27 759 327


Andrew Best
Investor Relations
Shared Value Ltd, London
Telephone:  +44 20 7321 5022

Visit our web site at http://www.millicom.com

Millicom International Cellular S.A. is a global telecommunications group with
mobile telephony operations in Asia, Latin America and Africa.  It currently has
mobile operations and licenses in 16 countries.  The Group's mobile operations
have a combined population under license of approximately 291 million people.

This press release may contain certain “forward-looking statements” with respect
to Millicom's expectations and plans, strategy, management's objectives, future
performance, costs, revenues, earnings and other trend information.  It is
important to note that Millicom's actual results in the future could differ
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various important factors.  Please refer to the documents that Millicom has
filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including Millicom's most recent annual report
on Form 20-F, for a discussion of certain of these factors.

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available to Millicom on the date hereof.  All written or oral forward-looking
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International Cellular S.A. employees or representatives acting on Millicom's
behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the factors referred to
above. Millicom does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.

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